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Whenever I have to buy a new mascara, I drag my feet. It’s just not FUN to buy mascara, you know? I’d rather buy a 30th purple lipstick that I will use 3 times in a year instead of invest in a nice mascara that I will use literally every single day.

I also have a very hard time spending more than 10$ on a mascara. Any high-end ones I’ve tried have been samples or have come in gift sets. I have yet to find a high-end mascara that is so life-changing that it has been worth the price tag.

The Mega Multiplier claims to be flake and smudge free, water resistant, but easily removable, and gives an oversized ‘mega multiplied lash look’.

I find that what you want from a mascara really varies from person to person. I like a mascara that is very black, has a plastic applicator rather than a natural bristle one, and lengthens and separates. I don’t like when my lashes get clumpy or heavy, and I don’t enjoy when a mascara is too hard to get off. I have been using the Benefit Roller Lash for the last few months since I got it in a holiday set, and I find it’s a little too clumpy and it stays on for a week. The latter part might be my fault because I am v lazy.

The mascara that was sent to me was ‘blackened brown’ which I was slightly disappointed (but not that disappointed because I got it for free, you know) that it didn’t come in black or blackest black, because I find that gives a more dramatic appearance.

I wore this mascara for about two weeks straight, and I really like it. It maybe doesn’t lengthen and volumize as much as I might want, but it makes for the perfect every day mascara for me personally. I don’t wear mascara on my lower lashes, but I think it would work very well for that. I do find it easy to remove – just dampen with warm water and you can more or less kind of pull the mascara off your lashes because it’s one of those tubular ones (don’t worry, you won’t pull off your lashes in the process.)

Overall I liked it, and I would probably rebuy this, but probably in a darker colour.

Thanks to Influenster and Revlon for sending this to me. If you want to see my reviews on the other voxboxes I got, click here, and if you want to join Influenster and get some awesome free stuff to, click here.

I was super excited to be sent one of these voxboxes complimentary for review, I love BITE, lip colours, and being included in things.

I wouldn’t call myself a lip liner aficionado, I very rarely use it. If I’m worried about my lipstick moving or whatever you use lip liner for, I use NYX’s wonder pencil – I find it more versatile than your typical lip liner because you can use it with any colour, not just one that matches.

The idea behind the lip pencil is that they are inspired by natural lip colours, and will pair with many of the amuse bouche lipsticks. They’re meant to be creamy, thanks to being infused with shea butter, for a smooth, easy glide on the lips with no tugging.

Influenster sent 2 lip liners, in 020 and 044, 2 amuse bouche lipsticks, in Honeycomb and Whiskey, and a Sephora Eco Sharpener (it’s almost as if they knew the only sharpener I own I bought at the dollar store in grade 9).

The colours sent were perfect, I love being able to try out a really light nude and a bold, dark colour because some companies are able to nail one and not the other. I think BITE has proved time and time again with all of their products that they can nail pretty much any colour they set their mind to.

The lip liners are fine, I don’t think I’m the best judge of these because I don’t really reach for lip liners, but they are nice and smooth and can be used as a base for the lipsticks or as just a liner. I think these colours will also work well with some of the other lipsticks I have in my collection.

Unsurprisingly, the amuse bouche lipsticks are wonderful and flawless and smooth and creamy and pigmented and perfect. You should own at least one of these lipsticks.

If you’d like to see my post on the last BITE box, you can find it here. If you’d like to join Influenster for yourself, maybe use my link? Thanks love you.

Hi guys! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Sorry, things have gotten in the way the last few months but I’m going to try to do a better job at posting in the new year (is what I tell myself.)

Anyway, Influenster was kind enough to include me in their BITE BeautyMatte Lip Crayon campaign. If there are 3 things you should know about me – I love makeup, I love mail, and I love getting stuff for free. This was the perfect compilation of all of the above.

BITE is a Canadian company that focuses on lip products. You can find their stuff at your local Sephora, and like, other places I’m sure. I had never tried any of their stuff except for a swipe of a friend’s lipstick a couple of months ago.

They sent three of their Matte Lip Crayons in the colours Glacé, Red Velvet and Cava. Glacé is the perfect ‘your lips but better’ dusty rose nude colour. Red Velvet is a classic flattering red. Cava is an icy pink, but not the kind you and your friends wore at dances in middle school, like a COOL icy pink, you know?

These glide on like Nutella on a crumpet – smooth as hell. It doesn’t take much to build up the colour to the perfect opacity. I tend to use a lot of liquid lipsticks because I am lazy and don’t have to reapply them, and these don’t last as long as those, but they still have a pretty great wear time. My personal fav is Red Velvet.

I would definitely recommend these, I LOVE them. They are so wonderful. Try them, and then tell me how much you love them.

I love face washes. I literally have 7 different ones right now in my shower. Like, not an exaggeration. I counted beforehand for accuracy’s sake. So when Influensterasked me if I wanted to take part in the Biore Baking Soda Voxbox, I was all in.

The cleanser is meant to be an everyday face wash, whereas the cleansing scrub is a couple times a week kind of thing. The scrub smells very much of baking soda. Which really isn’t a surprise, but it threw me off a little. You dump a little bit of the powder in your hand and swoosh it with some water and then put that on your face. The smell threw me off a little bit, but it was a fine product.

The cleanser smelled less of baking soda, and actually felt more exfoliating than the scrub, but either way, maybe don’t use these products back to back if you have sensitive skin. I liked this better than the scrub, but not as much as the charcoal one I currently use. Also, since the scrub is a power, I recommend not keeping this in the shower, even though it has a pretty tight close on the lid. Any bit of moisture kind of ruins the product.

Overall, I liked these products, but I don’t think they would replace what I am currently using. If you’re interested in signing up for influenster, visit their website. You too could get sent free stuff, and we all love that.

Yes that pun was completely intentional. I joined Influenster in March at the suggestion of a friend. She said that rewards weren’t frequent or guaranteed, but when they came around they were really great. I got an email the other day saying that a Garnier Vox Box was on its way free of charge. I love free stuff! I was stoked! I was expecting maybe one or two small sample products, but I was mistaken.

I open my mailbox today, and shockingly saw a parcel in there. I’ve been ordering a lot of stuff lately (woops), but I wasn’t expecting anything today, so I wasn’t sure what it was. When I pulled the box out of the mail, I saw the Influenster label and was pretty surprised how quickly it got to my house. Something else I noticed was how heavy the box was. Maybe it wasn’t just a few samples?

Not only was it not samples, it was THREE full-sized products! I was seriously blown away. I was not expecting that. Here is what I got my in my Vox Box.

So, in my surveys I mentioned that I colour my hair, so that is why I got this box. I am really excited about the blonde refresh hair mask, and I can’t wait to try it. It looks like that product could be swapped with a shine spray in the box, but since I selected that I have blonde hair, I received the mask instead. Whatever, I love it.

Sign up for Influenster here, connect all your social media sites, and fill out the quizzes to get your own Vox Box.